1、专业八级-469 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PART LISTENING COM(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、SECTION A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)How to mark a bookOne of the best ways of doing the most (1) _ kind of reading is probably to (1) _ mark the book you are reading. One reason for marking up a book accordingly is to keep a reader (2) _.
2、 An- (2) _ other reason is to keep a reader thinking along with reading. It would be an (3) _ (3) _ reading. And the third reason is to help a reader remember the thoughts he had in his reading or the thoughts the author expressed. Different from reading a book such as Gone with the Wind which is on
3、ly for (4) _, reading of a great book, (5) _ in (4) _ ideas and beauty should be active. Writing in a book could also (6) _ a readers (5) _ mind and preserve them better in memory. (6) _ There are all kinds of devices for marking a book intelligently and fruitfully. For in- stance, (7) _ is used to
4、emphasize major points, important or forceful statements. (7) _ Numbers in the margin can indicate the (8) _ of points the author makes in devel- (8) _ oping a single arguments. However, someone might say writing and marking while reading will (9) _ (9) _ reading. Actually, reading a good book is th
5、e case of seeing how much a reader can really(10) _(10) _（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、SECTION B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five
6、 questions.Now listen to the interview.（分数：5.00）(1).Victoria, the interviewee, works as a _.（分数：1.00）A.news announcerB.news reporterC.news editorD.assistant editor(2).News subs means _.（分数：1.00）A.they refine and correct and sort out the news storiesB.they read the news stories on the airC.they are i
7、n charge of reporting news eventD.they collect and write the news stories(3).Victoria deals with those sad news by _.（分数：1.00）A.taking a couple of seconds to catch a glimpse of news report and putting a sign on itB.starting off on a bright tone on a story and then change to a sad tone quicklyC.putti
8、ng a small cross at the top of sad newsD.reading the sad news slowly(4).Victoria does NOT agree that _.（分数：1.00）A.small changes should be made on news reports to read easilyB.writing for speech is similar to writing for newspaperC.before reading the news, announcer should absorb the news in advanceD
9、.announcer should overcome the feeling of panic when reading something difficult(5).When pronouncing strange foreign names, Victoria usually _.（分数：1.00）A.talks with editorial staffB.takes advice from Pronunciation UnitC.goes to embassies or tourist bureausD.makes a direct phone call to BBCs external
10、 services四、SECTION C(总题数：3，分数：5.00)Questions 9 to 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).John De Lorean _.（分数：1.00）A.leads other Americans in the business of drugsB.deals in drugs illeg
11、allyC.charged that the Grand Jury had given him drugs illegallyD.has been charged with illegal drug dealing together with a leading American businessman(2).The drug involved in the illegal dealing is worth _.（分数：1.00）A.24,000,000 dollarsB.24,000 dollarsC.25,000,000 dollarsD.25,000 dollarsQuestions 7
12、 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.（分数：2.00）(1).The ministers are holding the meeting because _.（分数：1.00）A.they want to prepare themselves for a discussionB.they want to discuss a plan for t
13、heir leadersC.they want to work out a discussion plan for an Arab leaders meetingD.they can not hold the meeting any other time(2).Moroccos King Hassan _.（分数：1.00）A.discussed a plan with the ministersB.asked the ministers to discuss difficult problemsC.put forward a discussion plan for the meetingD.
14、asked the ministers to try to avoid differences and reach agreements1.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?（分数：1.00）A.A Federal judge said that
15、 the government could not hold the refugees legally.B.The Justice Department and the Federal judge have the same opinion on the release of the refugees.C.The Haitian refugees are requesting political protection.D.ff the refugees are released, there will be more to come from Hait五、PART READING COMPR(
16、总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、TEXT A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)Mark RothkoMark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1903. His father emigrated to the United States, afraid that his sons would be drafted into the Czarist army. Mark stayed in Russia with his mother an
17、d older sister; they joined the family later, arriving in the winter of 1913, after a 12-day voyage.Mark moved to New York in the autumn of 1923 and found employment in the garment trade and took up residence on the Upper West Side. It was while he was visiting someone at the Art Students League tha
18、t he saw students sketching a nude model. According to him, this was the start of his life as an artist. He was twenty years old and had taken some art lessons at school, so his initial experience was far from an immediate calling.In 1936, Mark Rothko began writing a book, which he never completed,
19、about the similarities in the childrens art and the work of modern painters. The work of modernists, which was influenced by primitive art, could, according to him, be compared to that of children in that “child art transforms itself into primitivism, which is only the child producing a mimicry of h
20、imself.“ In this same work, he said that “the fact that one usually begins with drawing is already academic. We start with colour.It was not long before his multiforms developed into the style he is remembered for; in 1949 Rothko exhibited these new works at the Betty Parsons Gallery. For critic Har
21、old Rosenberg, the paintings were a revelation. Rothk0 had, after painting his first multiform, secluded himself to his home in East Hampton on Long Island, only inviting a very few people, including Rosenberg, to view the new paintings. The discovery of his definitive form came at a period of great
22、 grief; his mother Kate died in October 1948 and it was at some point during that winter that Rothko chanced upon the striking symmetrical rectangular blocks of two to three opposing or contrasting, yet complementary colours. As part of this new uniformity of artistic vision, his paintings and drawi
23、ngs no longer had individual titles; from this point on they were simply untitled, numbered or dated; however, to assist in distinguishing one work from one another, dealers would sometimes add the primary colours to the name. Additionally, for the next few years, Rothko painted in oil only on large
24、 vertical canvasses. This was done to overwhelm the viewer, or, in his words, to make the viewer feel enveloped within the picture.On February 25, 1970, Oliver Steindecker, Rothkos assistant, found him in his kitchen, lying on the floor in front of the sink, covered in blood. HIS arms had been cut o
25、pen with a razor. The emergency doctor arrived on the scene minutes later to pronounce him dead as the result of suicide; it was discovered during the autopsy that he had also overdosed on anti-depressants. He was just 66 years old.（分数：5.00）(1).Mark Rothko emigrated to the United States _.（分数：1.00）A
26、.with his father and elder sisterB.with his mother and brothersC.with his mother and elder sisterD.with all his family(2).Rothko wanted to be an artist _.（分数：1.00）A.since his early childhoodB.when he joined the Art Students LeagueC.when he watched students drawingD.when he moved to the Upper West Si
27、de(3).Rothko thought that modern art _.（分数：1.00）A.was primitiveB.could be compared to childrens picturesC.was already academicD.was childish(4).Rothkos distinctive style _.（分数：1.00）A.was inspired by RosenbergB.resulted from moving to Long IslandC.resulted from his griefD.evolved in 1948(5).Who named
28、 paintings by their colours?（分数：1.00）A.Rosenberg.B.Rothko.C.Dealers.D.Steindecker.七、TEXT B(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The Great Wall of ChinaWalls and wall building have played a very important role in Chinese culture. These people, from the dim mists of prehistory have been wail-conscious; from the Neolithic pe
29、riod when ramparts of pounded earth were used to the Communist Revolution, walls were an essential part of any village. Not only towns and villages; the houses and the temples within them were somehow walled, and the houses also had no windows overlooking the street, thus giving the feeling of wande
30、ring around a huge maze. The name for “city“ in Chinese (cheng) means wall, and over these walled cities, villages, houses and temples presides the god of walls and mounts, whose duties were, and still are, to protect and be responsible for the welfare of the inhabitants. Thus a great and extremely
31、laborious task such as constructing a wall, which was supposed to-run throughout the country, must not have seemed such an absurdity.However, it is indeed a common mistake to perceive the Great Wall as a single architectural structure, and it would also be erroneous to assume that it was built durin
32、g a single dynasty, for the building of the wall spanned the various dynasties, and each of these dynasties somehow contributed to the refurbishing and the construction of a wall, whose foundations had been laid many centuries ago. It was during the fourth and third century B.C. that each warring st
33、ate started building walls to protect their kingdoms, both against one another and against the northern nomads. Especially three of these states: the Chin, the Chao and the Yen, corresponding respectively to the modem provinces of Shensi, Shansi and Hopei, over and above building walls that surround
34、ed their kingdoms, also laid the foundations on which Chin Shih Huang Di would build his first continuous Great Wall.The role that the Great Wall played in the growth of Chinese economy was an important one. Throughout the centuries many settlements were established along the new border. The garriso
35、n troops were instructed to reclaim wasteland and to plant crops on it, roads and canals were built, to mention just a few of the works carried out. All these undertakings greatly helped to increase the countrys trade and cultural exchanges with many remote areas and also with the southern, central
36、and western parts of Asia-the formation of the Silk Route. Builders, garrisons, artisans, farmers and peasants left behind a trail of objects, including inscribed tablets, household articles, and written work, which have become extremely valuable archaeological evidence to the study of defence insti
37、tutions of the Great Wall and the everyday life of these people who lived and died along the wall.（分数：5.00）(1).Chinese cities resembled a maze _.（分数：1.00）A.because they were walledB.because the houses has no external windowsC.because the name for cities means “wall“D.because walls have always been i
38、mportant there(2).Constructing a wall that ran the length of the country _.（分数：1.00）A.honoured the god of walls and mountsB.was an absurdly laborious taskC.may have made sense within Chinese cultureD.made the country look like a huge maze(3).The Great Wall of China _.（分数：1.00）A.was built in a single
39、 dynastyB.was refurbished in the fourth and third centuries BCC.used existing foundationsD.was built by the Chin, the Chao and the Yen(4).Crops were planted _.（分数：1.00）A.on wastelandB.to reclaim wastelandC.on reclaimed wastelandD.along the canals(5).The Great Wall _.（分数：1.00）A.helped build trade onl
40、y inside ChinaB.helped build trade in China and abroadC.helped build trade only abroadD.helped build trade only to remote areas八、TEXT C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)English as a National Foreign LanguageIndia has two national languages for central administrative purposes: Hindi and English. Hindi is the national,
41、official, and main link language of India. English is an associate official language. The Indian Constitution also officially approves twenty-two regional languages for official purposes.Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as g
42、rammatical structure and vocabulary. Apart from these languages, Hindi is used for communication in India. The homeland of Hindi is mainly in the north of India, but it is spoken and widely understood in all urban centers of India. In the southern states of India, where people speak many different l
43、anguages that are not much related to Hindi, there is more resistance to Hindi, which has allowed English to remain a lingua franca to a greater degree.Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Che
44、nnai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay respectively. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, gra
45、mmar and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and culture.In India, English serves two purposes. First, it provides a linguistic tool for the administrative cohesive- ness of the country, causing people who speak different languages to become united. Secondly, it serves as a lan
46、guage of wider communication, including a large variety of different people covering a vast area. It overlaps with local languages in certain spheres of influence and in public domains.Generally, English is used among Indians as a “link“ language and it is the first language for many well-educated I
47、ndians. It is also the second language for many who speak more than one language in India. The English language is a tie that helps bind the many segments of our society together. Also, it is a linguistic bridge between the major countries of the world and India.English has special national status i
48、n India. R has a special place in the parliament, judiciary, broadcasting, journalism, and in the education system. One can see a Hindi-speaking teacher giving their students instructions during an educational tour about where to meet and when their bus would leave, but all in English. It means that the language permeates daily life. It is unavoidable and is always expected, especially in the cities.The importance of the ability to speak or write English has recently increased significantly because English has become the
